PRO-TRUMP PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT; 4 STABBED, 23 ARRESTED

Conservative groups claiming without evidence that the Nov. 3 election was stolen from President Donald Trump staged protests across the United States, with one in Washington turning violent at times as police broke up sporadic clashes after dark, Jonathan Landay and Timothy Gardner reported for Reuters.

Organizers of “Stop The Steal,” linked to pro-Trump operative Roger Stone, and church groups urged supporters to participate in “Jericho Marches” and prayer rallies. But groups of pro-Trump “Proud Boys” protesters and “Antifa” counter-protesters brawled in downtown Washington on Saturday night. Police moved in quickly to separate them, using pepper spray on members of both sides, Reuters witnesses said, Jonathan Landay, Timothy Gardner and David Lawder wrote for Reuters.

Trump, a latter-day Republican, has refused to concede defeat after being beaten by more than 8 million votes by Biden and trashed, 306 to 232, in the Electoral College votes. He insisted, without offering any evidence in his more than 50 lawsuits, that he was denied victory by massive fraud.

Some protesters referenced the Biblical miracle of the battle of Jericho, in which the walls of the city crumbled after soldiers and priests blowing horns marched around it. One speaker told protesters they were all standing inside Jericho after breaching its walls. Ron Hazard of Morristown, New Jersey, was one of five people who stopped at the Justice Department to blow shofars - a ram’s horn used in Jewish religious ceremonies - to bring down “the spiritual” walls “of corruption.” However, judges and legal eagles are still waiting for Trump’s miracle--- his production of evidence to back up his claim of electoral fraud---- as well as his tax returns.